One Among ManyThe self in social contexthttps://www.psychologytoday.com/
en-US30Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:09:42 -0500Sat, 09 Dec 2017 13:04:45 -0500Bayes Odysseyhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201712/bayes-odyssey
Some of the pioneers of statistics were deeply religious. Little seems to have changed.ReligionSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201712/bayes-odyssey#comments1109480 at http://psychologytoday.comWed, 06 Dec 2017 17:09:42 -0500One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.The Kingdom of Bayeshttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201712/the-kingdom-bayes
Will there be a second coming of the Reverend, or is the Bayesian revolution a matter of rhetoric? Consider some eschatological perspectives.EnvironmentReligionSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201712/the-kingdom-bayes#comments1109428 at http://psychologytoday.comMon, 04 Dec 2017 20:24:57 -0500One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Interest of Conflicthttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201711/interest-conflict
When you are disrespected, do you nip the bud or let it flourish?AssertivenessSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201711/interest-conflict#comments1109058 at http://psychologytoday.comThu, 23 Nov 2017 01:58:46 -0500One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.A Farewell to Skepticismhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201711/farewell-skepticism
Keep theological hypotheses out of science.ReligionSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201711/farewell-skepticism#comments1108819 at http://psychologytoday.comThu, 16 Nov 2017 10:18:23 -0500One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Rhetoric in the Wildhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201710/rhetoric-in-the-wild
Many of our conversations are not well behaved.CognitionPersuasionSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201710/rhetoric-in-the-wild#comments1107913 at http://psychologytoday.comMon, 23 Oct 2017 08:42:57 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Homo Dichotomushttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201710/homo-dichotomus
When statisticians call each other mad.BiasCognitionMemoryhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201710/homo-dichotomus#comments1107672 at http://psychologytoday.comSat, 14 Oct 2017 19:33:04 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Game of Cheatinghttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201709/game-cheating
When you cheat, know what you can get away with and whether your conscience will trouble you.Behavioral EconomicsEthics and MoralityInfidelitySocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201709/game-cheating#comments1106357 at http://psychologytoday.comThu, 07 Sep 2017 09:05:43 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Sapolsky on Free Willhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201709/sapolsky-free-will
Robert Sapolsky writes of baboons of men. Both are socially intelligent. Neither has free will.CognitionFree WillNeuroscienceSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201709/sapolsky-free-will#comments1106328 at http://psychologytoday.comWed, 06 Sep 2017 11:32:39 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Testing Free Willhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201708/testing-free-will
Not to rain on your parade, but the will is still not free. Just accept it, freely if you will.Free WillPhilosophySocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201708/testing-free-will#comments1105373 at http://psychologytoday.comWed, 09 Aug 2017 15:46:50 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Significance and Valuehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201708/significance-and-value
Statisticians and research scientists fight over the future of significance testing. Will Big Data win the day?CognitionDecision-Makinghttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201708/significance-and-value#comments1105292 at http://psychologytoday.comMon, 07 Aug 2017 16:38:17 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Going Nativehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201708/going-native
When you “go native,” you not only enter an unfamiliar group, you also find that your folks don’t like it.ResilienceSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201708/going-native#comments1105146 at http://psychologytoday.comWed, 02 Aug 2017 23:18:28 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Fear of False Positiveshttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201707/fear-false-positives
To p or not to p remains a question of interest in research circles. Now, 72 have weighed in to get tough on p. Here is my response. (I am a softie.)CognitionFearSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201707/fear-false-positives#comments1105001 at http://psychologytoday.comSun, 30 Jul 2017 12:03:42 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Freedom From the Willhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201707/freedom-the-will
The idea of a free will is like a soft drink: sweet but bad for you.Ethics and MoralityFree WillPhilosophySocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201707/freedom-the-will#comments1104771 at http://psychologytoday.comSun, 23 Jul 2017 10:52:00 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Conquest of Englishhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201707/conquest-english
Writing well is an important skill. For a non-native speaker it is forbiddingly difficult to master. And no one cares.CognitionSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201707/conquest-english#comments1104662 at http://psychologytoday.comWed, 19 Jul 2017 17:43:53 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Sacred Values and Youhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201707/sacred-values-and-you
Motherhood and death have psychological power over you because they’re sacred. You can’t question them.Ethics and MoralityReligionSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201707/sacred-values-and-you#comments1104401 at http://psychologytoday.comTue, 11 Jul 2017 17:15:10 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Buyers and Sellershttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/buyers-and-sellers
Consuming need not be a passive experience.Behavioral EconomicsConsumer BehaviorSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/buyers-and-sellers#comments1103910 at http://psychologytoday.comTue, 27 Jun 2017 17:45:55 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Bragitudehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/bragitude
Don’t brag about how grateful you are. It’s too transparent.Ethics and MoralityGratitudePositive PsychologySocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/bragitude#comments1103810 at http://psychologytoday.comSun, 25 Jun 2017 16:27:00 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Psychology for Realhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/psychology-real
Psychologists work in organizations, contributing to the bottom line. How do they fare in a world where ‘p’ stands for profit instead of probability?Post-PartumSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/psychology-real#comments1103675 at http://psychologytoday.comThu, 22 Jun 2017 16:12:46 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Small Samples, Big Hopeshttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/small-samples-big-hopes
If you observe an event (datum) 3 standard deviations away from the theoretical prediction, do you do a significance test?BiasCognitionSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/small-samples-big-hopes#comments1103551 at http://psychologytoday.comMon, 19 Jun 2017 23:16:32 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Statistics as a Social Processhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/statistics-social-process
Statistics is a bag of tools for inductive inference. No more. Do not be afraid.BiasCognitionSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/statistics-social-process#comments1103482 at http://psychologytoday.comSat, 17 Jun 2017 17:42:01 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.The Upside of Chancehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/the-upside-chance
Many people fear chance because to them it means unpredictability, uncertainty, and loss of control. These horrors may be overstated. Chance can contribute to creativity and fun.CareerCreativitySocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/the-upside-chance#comments1103382 at http://psychologytoday.comWed, 14 Jun 2017 13:11:38 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.The Life and Times of Phttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/the-life-and-times-p
The humble p value dominates statistical inference, and it has been much maligned. The American Statistical Association is not prepared to let it go.Decision-MakingSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201706/the-life-and-times-p#comments1103029 at http://psychologytoday.comSun, 04 Jun 2017 19:10:14 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Seligman on Tourhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201705/seligman-tour
Is "prospection" the newest and holiest of grails in psychology?
Seligman: "Yes." We: "No."CognitionCreativityFree WillHappinessIntelligencePositive PsychologySocial LifeTherapyhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201705/seligman-tour#comments1102575 at http://psychologytoday.comSun, 21 May 2017 09:12:04 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.The Didge and Youhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201705/the-didge-and-you
The gurgling sound of the Didgeridoo touches a sensibility that is neither verbal nor emotional. Yet, it invites us to consider what we share.Social LifeSpiritualityhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201705/the-didge-and-you#comments1102491 at http://psychologytoday.comThu, 18 May 2017 08:27:09 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Pollution and Psychologyhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201704/pollution-and-psychology
Humans pollute the planet that has produced them. Here is a quick look at four barriers to a cleaner world and what might be done to lower them.EducationEnvironmenthttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201704/pollution-and-psychology#comments1101877 at http://psychologytoday.comSun, 30 Apr 2017 20:31:18 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Didgeridoo Dilemmahttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201704/didgeridoo-dilemma
Are you ready to accept the risks of haggling?Behavioral EconomicsSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201704/didgeridoo-dilemma#comments1101608 at http://psychologytoday.comSun, 23 Apr 2017 16:28:05 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Friends as Allieshttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201704/friends-allies
Friends are allies, but not all allies are friends.Behavioral EconomicsFriendsSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201704/friends-allies#comments1101541 at http://psychologytoday.comFri, 21 Apr 2017 09:16:35 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Divide and Conquerhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201704/divide-and-conquer
Acts of mental division or subtraction are critical for our understanding of thinking. How much new light do they shed?CognitionSocial LifeSuicidehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201704/divide-and-conquer#comments1101483 at http://psychologytoday.comWed, 19 Apr 2017 20:02:24 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.Back to Schoolhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201703/back-school
From Kindergarten to graduate school, education is embedded in a system. Teachers and students are not free agents. Let’s liberate them a bit.CreativityEducationMemorySocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201703/back-school#comments1100572 at http://psychologytoday.comThu, 23 Mar 2017 19:18:38 -0400One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.The Ziehvater Dilemmahttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201703/the-ziehvater-dilemma
Would you want to be better (stronger, richer, more powerful) than your parent AND worse (weaker, poorer, less powerful) than your child?EducationSocial Lifehttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201703/the-ziehvater-dilemma#comments1099801 at http://psychologytoday.comWed, 01 Mar 2017 09:58:42 -0500One Among ManyJoachim I Krueger Ph.D.